Sorry if it's been posted a million tmes already!!! But I would LOVE to know how to do the steel cut oats in the crock pot overnight...any fabulous recipes? Preferably something with cinnamon? apples? I have been dreaming of nice, warm-you-from-the-inside-out oatmeal! Thanks in advance!

This is how I make it: Spray slow cooker with Pam. For each cup of steel cut oats, add 4 1/2 cups of water. (1 cup oats serves 3-4) Add chopped fruit, raisins, cinnamon, etc. as desired. Cook on low overnight, about 8 hours. This is so good on a cold fall/winter morning.

I make steel cut oats in my rice cooker. I put a cup of steel cut oats then 2 cups of soy milk/almond milk/rice milk. I'll put a little salt (or else it might bubble). Then I put it in the fridge. When I want to eat it, I add 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree, cinnamon and another 1/2 cup of non dairy milk and put it in the microwave. Stir and you have nice hot steel cut oats.

When I have done it this way I've never frozen the extra servings. If I make a 4-serving pot, I just scoop the leftovers into a container and stick it in the fridge, it'll keep in there for a week at least. Each morning I take out what I need and reheat. Freezing seems unnecessary if you're going to eat the remaining 3 portions within a week or so... I suppose if you had to you could freeze it, then stick it in the fridge the day before you want to eat it so it doesn't take so long to thaw in the microwave in the morning?

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Steel cut oats are whole oats, not pressed and rolled, so they take longer to cook and retain more "tooth" to them than rolled.

I just put mine in the crock pot 1:4 (1 part oats to 4 parts water) and let it go overnight. I don't add anything while they're cooking because I never know what I might be in the mood for at the time I eat them.

I don't freeze mine - one batch does me for the week, so I don't see any need to freeze it. I just put them in individual containers and put them in the fridge. When I get to the office, I'll nuke them and add whatever I want for flavor. I don't like sweet things in the morning so I usually add some shredded cheese and some salt and pepper. But you could add a splash of milk, some sugar or brown sugar, fruits, nuts, whatever.

Thank you for the information on freezing servings. I was not sure of the shelf life of oatmeal once cooked. Living in Florida I do not always want a hot breakfast depending on how hot a morning it is. I did not want any to go to waste. It is nice to know it can be frozen if necessary, but between a week and a week and a half if it keeps that long in the fridge I would eat all the servings.